(共40张PPT)
New Concept English
Book 3 Lesson 40
part 1
lead in
Who’s Who
Presentation
Have you ever played some tricks on your friends when it comes to April Fool’s Day
Or maybe you are the victim of those practical jokes
Tell us something about how you and your friends perform on April Fool’s Day.
part 2
text
(1) It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than anyone else.
语法:why引导 _________
词组:practical jokes
_______
恶作剧
主语从句
(2) Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax.
词组:specialize in
= ____________
翻译:他专攻生物,不过毕业后,他为一家专营意大利电影的公司工作。
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_________________________________________
be good at
He specialized in biology, yet after graduation, he works for a company specializing in Italian films.
(2) Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax.
单词:hoax n. 骗局,戏弄
扩展:
a bomb hoax __________
对某人恶作剧:__________________ = __________________
开某人玩笑:__________________
趣味联想:愚人节被人愚弄的人:__________
炸弹恐吓
play a hoax on sb.
play a trick on sb.
play a joke on sb.
April Fish
(3) Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in.
单词:nonexistent adj. 不存在的
反义词:_________
单词:deception n. 欺骗,骗局
翻译:她说这药片是甜甜的,这无伤大雅的谎话让孩子吃药变得容易点了。
She described the pills as sweet, _________________
__________________________________________________.
翻译:He was accused of obtaining property by deception.
__________________
派生:________ v. __________ adj.
deceive
existent
so the harmless
deceptive
deception made it easier for her child to take them
他被指控骗取钱财。
(3) Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in.
单词:self-respecting adj. 自重的
扩展:self-important ___________
self-employed ___________
self-educated _______
self-centered ____________
self-controlled ___________
妄自尊大的
个体经营的
自学的
自我克制的
自我中心的
(3) Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in.
单词:indulge v. 使沉迷
词组:indulge oneself in
=_______________=_______________
翻译: Foreign countries might indulge in frippery (便宜而俗艳的东西), but England ought to pride herself on her plainness and simplicity. (中级口译)
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派生:一词多义
She indulges her only son. _____
be indulged in
其他国家在沉溺于奢华的时候,英国应该以艰苦朴素为荣。
be addicted to
纵容
(4) Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.
篇章:A good hoax is a joke which depends on ____.
A. deceiving people into behaving in a way which amuses everyone but themselves
B. doing something like calling the fire brigade to a nonexistent fire
C. at least two parties being led to believe the other is fraudulent
D. people disguising themselves to look like other people
A
(5) When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.
单词: pneumatic adj. 气动的
扩展: pneumatic pump _______
充气轮胎 _________________
前缀pneu-表示 _____
气
pneumatic tyres
气泵
pneumonia
是什么病?
(5) When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.
单词: drill n. 钻
词组: pneumatic drill ______
扩展:v. 钻(孔),打(眼);训练,练习
翻译: They are drilling for oil off the Irish coast.
__________________________
他们在爱尔兰沿海钻井探油。
风钻
(5) When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.
词组:dress up as _______
语法:two students dressed up as workmen
_______________
词组:tear up ______________
过去分词作定语
装扮成
挖开(地面等)
(6) As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not to take him seriously.
语法:as soon as 引导 _____________
that引导 ________
if引导 _____________
词组:take sb./sth. seriously _________
翻译:他把我的话当耳边风。
___________________________________
时间状语从句
严肃对待
宾语从句
条件状语从句
He never takes my words seriously.
(7) He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of silly jokes on people.
词组:play a joke on sb. ______________
扩展:make a joke of sth. ______________
单词:silly adj. 无意义的,无聊的;愚蠢的
近义词:_______________
foolish;stupid
开某人的玩笑
拿……当玩笑
(8) Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.
词组:be grateful to sb for sth. 因某事对某人表示感谢
= _________________________
翻译:您的帮忙令我不胜感激,它使我摆脱掉了唯一的障碍。
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________
be thankful to sb for sth.
I am very much grateful to you for your help which enabled me to get rid of the only obstacle.
(8) Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.
单词:advance adj. 预先的,事先获得的
扩展: advance party/team ________________
对某事物给某人预先警告/通知
________________________________________
词组:____________ 提前
翻译:会谈的主题提前一周宣布。
______________________________________________________
give sb. advance warning / notice of sth.
先遣队,先头部队
in advance
The subject of the talk will be/ was/is announced a week in advance.
(9) The student hid in an archway nearby where he could watch and hear everything that went on.
单词:archway n. 拱形门楼
扩展:arc表示 _______
At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty.
(N3, L6, Smash-and-grab )
文化:Triumphal Arch _______
弧形物
凯旋门
(10) Sure enough, a policeman arrived on the scene and politely asked the workmen to go away.
词组:on the scene _____
在场
(11) When he received a very rude reply from one of the workmen, he threatened to remove them by force.
词组:threaten to do sth. _________
It threatened to surround him completely, but Tazieff managed to escape just in time. (N2, L67 Volcanoes)
翻译:如果你减少怪物掉落物品(monster drops),有些玩家就会威胁说要退出游戏。
___________________________________________________
___________________________
威胁要做
If you decrease the monster drops, some people will
threaten to quit the game.
(12) The workmen told him to do as he pleased and the policeman telephoned for help.
语法:as引导 _____________
后面省略了to do,可译作“随他的便”。
扩展:The workmen told him to do as he pleased.
= _______________________________________________
_________
方式状语从句
The workmen told him to do whatever he wants
(to do).
(13) Shortly afterwards, four more policemen arrived and remonstrated with the workmen.
词组:shortly afterwards ________________
扩展:soon afterwards(近义)
_____________ 不久;___________ 立刻
单词: remonstrate v. 规劝,告诫;抗议
词组: remonstrate with sb. about sth. 就某事向某人表达抗议/规劝
翻译:动物保护协会就虐狗现象向政府抗议。
_________________________________________________
___________________________________
扩展:______________ n. 抗议,抱怨
______________ v. 示威
随后,不久之后
before long
in no time
Animal Protection Society remonstrated with the government about cruelty to dogs.
remonstrance
demonstrate
(14) As the men refused to stop working, the police attempted to seize the pneumatic drill.
词组:attempt to do sth. _________________
扩展:make an attempt to do sth.
翻译:任何要使历史倒退的企图都是注定要失败的。______________________________________________
___________________
试图、尝试做某事
Any attempt to set back the wheel of history is doomed to fail.
(15) The workmen struggled fiercely and one of them lost his temper. He threatened to call the police.
单词:fiercely adv. 猛烈地
词组:___________________________ 激烈竞争的社会
词组:lose one’s temper ________
发脾气
fiercely competitive society
(16) At this, the police pointed out ironically that this would hardly be necessary as the men were already under arrest.
词组:at this, at表示 _____
词组:hardly be necessary _________
词组:under arrest ______
扩展:在讨论 / 修理 / 建设
______________________________________
听到
大可不必
被捕
under discussion / repair / construction
(17) Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.
语法:only 引导的时间状语从句或介词词组,以及条件状语从句在句首时,句子要倒装。
翻译:只有通过努力工作,你才会成功。
_____________________________________________
____________________________
翻译:只有在那一刻,我才意识到我有多爱这只狗狗。
____________________________________________
_______________
Only by working hard could / will you succeed / be successful / get success.
Only at that moment did I realize how much I love the dog.
part 3
exercise
Exercise
Directions:
Read the passage carefully.
Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.
Each sentence can be used only once.
Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
Exercise
Angry Birds was little more than a shooting game, with birds instead of bullets and green pigs in place of targets. __1__ Shortly after Angry Birds took off, audiences found a new distraction in Fruit Ninja, a game where the object was to chop falling produce.
Key:
C. It led the way for a number of other equally silly, equally addictive games to invade cell phones everywhere.
Exercise
__2__ That was their charm, after all: They were knowingly ridiculous or illogical, an attack into mindless amusement. In games like Angry Birds, players found an escape from reality.
Key:
E. Never mind that these games made absolutely no sense from a narrative viewpoint.
Exercise
__3__ Viewers no longer have the luxury of imagining back-stories for their favorite characters, or debating the open-ended questions in a film‘s source materials:
An endless flow of prequels, sequels and
spin-offs fill in those blanks for them.
Key:
F. In its efforts to feed the audience's curiosity, Hollywood may in fact be killing it.
Exercise
__4__ They’ll know. Everything will be determined for them: According to the movie, the main bird Red gets picked on for his bushy eyebrows, and that leaves him feeling isolated and, well, angry.
Key:
A. When children today play Angry Birds, they won’t wonder why the birds are so ill-tempered.
part 4
bonus
The Origin of April Fools' Day
Origin
Time:In 1582
Country:France
Time to celebrate the New Year:from the end of March to January 1
April Fish
French:Poisson d'Avril
English:April Fish
Reason:The New Year once coincided with the sun leaving the zodiacal sign of Pisces.
Prank(恶作剧)
Simple:such as saying, "Your shoe's untied!
Elaborate:setting a roommate's alarm clock back an hour
Tradition
A typical Fool‘s Day recipe:
salad:lettuce leaves, sprinkled with green pepper, but the leaves are opened only after the oyster cocktail was originally found in the following
baked potato:sweet bread crumbs and fresh mushrooms